The Discourse COmmunity
Ethnography
THe Second Major Assignment
For this project, I believe that I achieved the purpose of this assignment. When analyzing the discourse community I choose for this paper, I found that communication is way more complex than I thought. I learned that the intricate nature of a discourse community is based on mutual understandings. Discource communities communicate in specialized ways that are accepted within the group. I can use this information in the future to better understand the communications within my classes, jobs, clubs, and other groups. While completing this assignment, I practiced varying my research skills. It worked well for this project. Interviewing people within my chosen discourse community allowed me to enhance the credibility of my paper. Providing multiple perspectives of the community offered a wider range of concepts to discuss. I feel that this tactic helped me proficiently meet the criteria requirements. I included all the components from the rubric and triple-checked my grammar. My writing process facilitated my progress because I focused on one area of the essay at a time. I would give myself plenty of time to brainstorm, write, and revise each section. My brainstorming process was the most efficient. I made sure I took notes when I observed my community of choice. I diligently organized all of these notes to ensure that I had enough adequate information before I started writing the actual paper. All of the class readings we had at the time were helpful because they were relevant and gave me lots of ideas on how to further discuss my subject. Concepts such as intertextuality, discourse community, Swales's test, and activity theory helped supplement my entire essay.
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